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Every time you have a major breakthrough in self-knowledge, and see the way the divine works within your own psyche, external events, and interior experiences of the divine, you are transformed in some degree.
Thomas Keating
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Thomas Keating
Age: 95 †
Born: 1923
Born: March 7
Died: 2018
Died: October 25
Catholic Priest
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New York City
New York
Thomas Aquinas Keating
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One of the great purposes of religion itself is being hindered by an exclusive-ism that doesn't take into account the common elements and values that we actually share.
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Divine life is basically the inner freedom to choose the right and the good spontaneously.
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Only when we can accept God as he is can we give up the desire for spiritual experiences that we can feel.
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Technology isn't fulfilling its promise of unlimited progress and solving every problem through technology. With the Enlightenment and its aftermath, there already was a general loss of confidence in the Western religions.
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For us to remain in this world, our animal brain has to be there to support us.
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It's obvious that humanity continues to be torn by religious violence.
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Science and technology have been embarrassed by two world wars, many smaller ones, and the spread of weapons that could destroy humanity. As a result, there is some loss of confidence in the great achievements of technology.
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Centering prayer is a training in letting go.
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Over time we are able to undermine habitual modes of thinking formed by our self-made self in early childhood, which tries to squeeze happiness from the gratification of our desires for the symbols in our culture of survival and security, power and control, and affection and esteem.
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Silence is God's language, and it's a very difficult language to learn.
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For human beings, the most daunting challenge is to become fully human. For to become fully human is to become fully divine.
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Science and technology has tried to offer an alternative to religion by making a god out of human reason, but that didn't work out too well.
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To become who we are as creatures made in the image and likeness of God, we have to be nothing and everything at once, since this is what God is. ... If we accept who we are, we are manifesting God and radiating Christ. The latter unfolding of the divine life within us does not need to go anywhere or do anything special.
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The acceptance of all that God has given us and the willingness to let it go - to give it back to him at a moment's notice - that's true human freedom.
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We rarely think of the air we breathe, yet it is in us and around us all the time. In similar fashion, the presence of God penetrates us, is all around us, is always embracing us.
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I venture to say that it's not enough to respect and tolerate religions other than our own.
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In human relationships, as mutual love deepens, there comes a time when two friends convey their exchanges without words. They can sit in silence sharing an experience or simply enjoying each other's presence without saying anything.
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The chief thing that separates us from God is the thought that we are separated from God.
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Humility is the forgetfulness of self.
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The whole immigration issue suggests the inevitability of people in our time seeking economic security that they can't find at home, which usually involves bringing their religion with them. One's children are going to be married to people outside their religious traditions as well as inside.
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